Online Guide for Graduate TAs

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As a graduate teaching assistant, you fulfill a variety of important roles while teaching undergraduates at UNL. In addition to being an instructor, you may also serve as a tutor, an advisor, a facilitator, and a mentor. In some cases, you may even be the first contact undergraduates have with your discipline. You are an essential element in the path to success of every student you meet, as you engage them in the learning process and provide the feedback and guidance they need to improve their academic performance.

Good teaching doesn't just happen. It takes a great deal of planning, effort, organization and hard work. Add to this mixture assessment and reflection and you have the ingredients for effective, skillful teaching.